1996 World Cup Cricket Info
The World Cup will be held from February 14th to March 17th
in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
GROUP A : West Indies, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe,
Kenya
GROUP B : Pakistan, England, South Africa, New Zealand, United
Arab Emirates, Holland
* Top four qualifiers of each group move to the Quarter-finals.
* Ind and Pak will stage two Quarter-final matches each.
* Ind will stage both the Semi-final matches.
* Pak will stage the Final.
* SL will play four of its group matches in SL and the match vs
Ind in Ind.
* Of the remaining 26 group matches, Ind and Pak will stage 13
each.
* 1996 World Cup is to be played on more grounds than in any of
the previous five tournaments. A total of 26 grounds will be
used for a total of 37 games. When the 1987 World Cup was
held in India and Pakistan, it was spread over the previous
highest total of 21 venues.